thrashing n.— Note: Perhaps related to the British noun “thrash,” which means “a party.” «Evidence gathered from the social networking site led proctors at the university to collect five times as much money this...
Lynn from mid-Michigan reviews study-abroad scholarship essays and keeps seeing applicants say they want to be submerged in the culture. The word they probably want is immersed: both immerse and submerge can involve being in water, but their...
guess question paper n.— «If you have the money, you can walk into the exam hall with the answersheet, filled and how. The modus operandi is simple—students get hold of the question paper for the next day’s exam, called in campus parlance...
traying n.— «Some students, however, decide to head straight to Observatory Hill, adjacent to Elizabeth Waters Residence Hall, for sledding after the heavy snowfall. Thrifty individuals without sleds often use cafeteria trays to slide...
crunch n.— «There are 28 buses currently owned by Go West Transit. “There’s not that much of a difference in how many buses we run per season,” Kiah said. “However, in a week in which we get a figure like what we did in...
A Princeton University student wonders if his school can lay claim to being the first to apply the Latin word campus to the grounds of an institution of higher learning. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “How “Campus” Came to...